What are the important events that happened on November 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 29 is the 333^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 16, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,764,374,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontatrigon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 80 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,726 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 29 Historical Events

• 1394 –
  The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
• 1781 –
  The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
• 1864 –
  Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
• 1893 –
  The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
• 1944 –
  The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
• 1945 –
  The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1961 –
  Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
• 1972 –
  Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
• 1983 –
  Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
• 1987 –
  Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.

Who were born on November 29?

• 1484 –
  Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
• 1832 –
  Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
• 1898 –
  C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
• 1910 –
  Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
• 1940 –
  Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)
• 1951 –
  Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
• 1964 –
  Tom Sizemore, American actor
• 1969 –
  Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
• 1976 –
  Ehren McGhehey, American actor
• 1985 –
  Shannon Brown, American basketball player

Who died on November 29?

• 1643 –
  Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
• 1643 –
  William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
• 1975 –
  Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1980 –
  George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
• 1996 –
  Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
• 2004 –
  John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2006 –
  Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
• 2007 –
  Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)
• 2010 –
  Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
• 2010 –
  Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)